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Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Mactridae trough shells

Genus: Spisula

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13 species (see list below)
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Spisula aequilatera
[Equal-sized surf clam]
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Spisula catilliformis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Southwest Pacific

Spisula discors(Gray, 1837)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Spisula discors
[Discors trough shell]
No picture found
 
Spisula elliptica
[Elliptical trough shell]
No picture found
 
Spisula hemphillii
[]
No picture found
 
Spisula murchisoni
[]
No picture found
 
Spisula ovalis
[]
No picture found
 
Spisula raveneli
[Southern surfclam]
No picture found
 
Spisula sachalinensis
[Sakhalin surf clam]

Fenwick, David

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Spisula solida(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Fenwick, David
 
Spisula solida
[Solid surf clam]

Harvey-Clark, Chris

Western Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 20 cm SHL
Spisula solidissima(Dillwyn, 1817)

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Spisula solidissima
[Atlantic surfclam]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 3 cm SHL
Spisula subtruncata(da Costa, 1778)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Spisula subtruncata
[Subtruncate surf clam]
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Spisula trigonella
[]


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